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if it is 5 am and there is nobody else in the parking lot I put my stuff in the boat about fifty feet from the ramp. Somebody can still get in behind me if they are ready to go immediately. But on a weekend day, or during bass season around Kingston, I would not do that. Five guys could pull up in 5 minutes, and I don't want to be in their way. BUT! On some really busy launches, you pretty much have to line up with the rest of the rigs and load your stuff as you are edging towards your actual launch position. Hard to do if you are solo though..........

Last year, maybe the year before, two FAT slugs launched their large boat, maybe a bass boat, I do not remember, and tied it to the dock IN THE LAUNCH RAMP on Loughborough, which is a busy ramp around here. Then they slowly, with great effort and much panting, carried all their crap from their truck (across the parking lot) to their boat, multiple trips. I would have killed them, gleefully, and fed their fat carcasses to the snapping turtles. My fishing partner dissuaded me..........

Now THERE is a pet peeve!!!

I asked that same question of a man with a PhD in materials science (or something like that). He said to me, "would you ever pull this boat up on a sandy beach?" Indeed I would says I, and he says, "buy aluminum." That was three boats ago, all aluminum of course. The second one I bought new in 1998, and sold it this spring for 75% of what I paid for it 24 years ago. And even though I did beach it, and bumped into the odd rock and the odd stump, etc, it was still water-tight, no leaks. BTW most of my fishing is like the OP. Doug

Yes, my favourite brunch is pan-fried deer tenderloins with eggs done in the pan juices. These little elk steaks were fabulous with those nice runny eggs! 😁

So my wife was away last evening and I thawed a package of elk steaks my buddy had brought from BC. No sense sharing elk if I don't have to! I have never butchered an elk, so did not recognize the cut. For sure the small steaks were cut from a larger piece, and my guess is bottom round. Anyways, elk really should be eaten no more cooked than medium rare, and it goes from rare to medium in a heartbeat. Difficult to achieve on the BBQ, even with indirect heat, so I pan-fried them, and even took PICTURES!!! That orange stuff on the plate is a vegetable.

I have heard about this for years but never seen any. Where does one find dry ice? Doug

That would get a bit warm, I think they are powered by a butane flame. 😲 But a Thermarest is a good piece of kit. The long version, that fits your whole body, not the short one! 😉 Doug

It's that time of year............

Absolutely

as suspected. I have seen this before with walleye and perch. Doug

and how's the fishing? Doug

Bait. Use them with teaser heads and flashers. 😉

They seem to be quite a pale colour, and I think I recall some summer pictures you posted, same thing. Is it my eyes, or are those walleye a paler colour than elsewhere? Doug

Tonight's supper was bacon-wrapped halibut chunks, oven-sauteed wild leeks, and fries. It was fairly toothsome. But I am not much of a picture-taker when it comes to food. My wife thinks taking a picture of a meal is downright BIZARRE. (Yes, we are not exactly millenials...) 😉 Hey SINKER! Better haul your butt down here while I still have a piece of halibut for you! Doug

It was after consuming some electric jello aka vodka shooters, so that is a lot like being tazered I think...............😁

OK I got the youngster beat in the beard department, but his hair takes first prize. 😉 Crazy weather down here too. I ran a crappie fishing camp for some buddies a couple weeks ago, and daytime temps were in the mid-30s C. I was back out on Tuesday, temp at the launch was plus 5. The crappies don't know what hit them......... Doug

too much GREEN!

You said it much more politely than I was thinking...........

I hear it is BONEhead these days, because the price of meat is too high........................😉

Looks delicious. Tonight here it was pan-fried fresh-caught crappies, yum yum!

It was early June I was thinking of, but yes late June you will be swarmed by mosquitoes at sunset I am sure....

Bring your bug juice! 😉

Fabulous! It has been decades since I had a feed of fresh smelts on the beach where they were caught. I am not sure if it is the passage of time, or the beverages consumed during the activities, that make the memories a bit hazy though.......... Thanks for the report! Doug

shaped like a sheep? (asking for a friend) 😁